Arrange an Arm Lift Assessment

What the assessment covers

How much of the fullness in your upper arm is skin and how much is fat; how your skin behaves when it is pinched and released; where the incision would fall and how long it would be; how the arm reads from the front, the side and above; your weight history and whether it has been stable; your general health, medication, smoking status and any history of swelling in the arm; and what you want the arms to look like afterwards, described in your own terms rather than from someone else's photograph.

What to bring

A list of your current medications, including anything that affects clotting and anything bought without a prescription. Any previous operative notes if you have had surgery on the arms or in the axilla before. Photographs of yourself at different weights if your weight has changed a great deal, because a history is easier to read from pictures than from memory. And if you have been given a plan elsewhere, bring it — reviewing a plan you already have is a legitimate reason to book.

What happens if surgery is not for you

You will be told. Some assessments end with a recommendation to leave the arms alone, to treat the fullness as fat rather than skin, to wait until your weight is stable or a health issue is controlled, or to accept that a scar is unavoidable if any skin is to be removed. That is a result rather than a rejection: the purpose of the appointment is to match an operation to a problem, and sometimes no match exists.

How to arrange it

Contact the outpatient line, or write through the address on the contact page, and say that you are asking about an arm lift. If you are travelling from outside Chongqing, say so when you book: the team can tell you what can be discussed by remote consultation and what needs an in-person examination of the arms.